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The company I work for has been interested in switching from an on-premise business intelligence server to a cheaper saas businss intelligence solution. The main reason for the switch is to reduce the overhead costs associated with having the BI solution within our IT department. Though, this may reduce our IT staff, it will help the company save money in the long run. Two things that we are looking for particularly include dashboards and reporting tools. Our top level execs need the ability to customize dashboards for their specifications and also have a set of reporting tools that will help them make the right decision faster. This will ensure that we are keeping productivity at maximum while keeping every different level of decision maker on board in terms of actionable information. During our search we came across a few different competitors but one company in particular stood out in terms  of having a great saas bi offering at the most cost-effective price, that company was Actuate. Their BIRT on-Demand solution seemed reasonable, so we decided to try the free trial version of the software. We are currently testing out the software by running reports and actually began synching our data into their cloud servers to generate powerful reports. Overall, it seems like a very effective solution but we still plan to try out the other competitors within the marketplace before making any final decision.